Behind his prison walls, former Grosse Pointe Park businessman Bob Bashara has been accused of lying and being in possession of stolen property. / Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press

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Behind his prison walls, former Grosse Pointe Park businessman Bob Bashara has been accused of lying and being in possession of stolen property.

The items taken include five packets of ketchup, six packets of sugar, 11 packets of jelly, four napkins and a spoon, according to a Michigan Department of Corrections misconduct report released to the Free Press.

The items, belonging to the Oaks Correctional Facility in Manistee, were discovered inside Bashara’s wall locker during a cell shakedown June 9, the report said.

Bashara also is accused of lying about how he obtained the items from the prison. He admitted taking them, but said he was given permission to remove them, a claim a prison official said wasn’t true.

“This prisoner had no staff authorization to remove any item,” the report said.

Bashara, who is serving about six and a half to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to solicitation of murder for trying to hire a hit man to kill Joseph Gentz, the man who killed his wife, lost his privileges for five days, according to the report. Gentz told police he killed Jane Bashara at Bob Bashara’s direction.

Bashara has since been charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit murder, suborning of perjury during a capital trial, witness intimidation and obstruction of justice in connection with Jane Bashara’s death in January 2012. A preliminary examination is set for Aug. 19 in that case.

In addition to the June incident, Bob Bashara was disciplined for not showing up for a call-out on May 30, according to another misconduct report. He lost his privileges for five days in connection with that incident.